ACCORDING TO POLICE, NO CUSTOMERS WERE INSIDE THIS 24 HOUR McDONALD'S DURING THE ROBBERY. SOME FAMILIES ARE FED UP WITH A HOTBED OF CRIME THAT'S JUST GETTING WORSE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. A RISE IN THE NUMBER OF SO-CALLED HOT CHEAP MOTELS IS ATTRACTING THE WRONG KIND OF PEOPLE AND SPIKING AN INCREASE IN CRIME. ONE RESIDENT WAS EVEN FORCED TO FIGHT OFF A ROBBER. TONIGHT'S CRIME CRACKDOWN. THE 77-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS STANDING HERE AT HIS DRIVEWAY WHEN THE SUSPECT FIRST APPROACHED HIM AND TRIED TO ROB HIM. HE MANAGED TO GET AWAY BRYNING INSIDE THE HOUSE. THE SUSPECT THEN TRIED TO BREAK IN. RESIDENTS SAY WHAT HAPPENED HERE IS THE SYMPTOM OF A MUCH LARGER PROBLEM. THIS IS THE MAN HOUSTON POLICE ARRESTED AND CHARGED IN THE AGGRAVATED ROBBERY. HIS NAME IS JOSHUA TRAHAN. THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS DIRECTOR SAYS SHE WAS STARTLED WHEN SHE FOUND OUT HE HAD BEEN STAYING AT A MOTEL RIGHT OUTSIDE THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE SHE SAYS ROOMS ARE RENTED BY THE HOUR. DUBBED HOT SHEET HOTELS. HE ADMITTED TO HPD THAT HE HAD BEEN THERE, LIVED THERE, AND HE HAD WALKED INTO THE SUBDIVISION. LARRY GREEN'S US A TELLS LOCAL 2 HPD HAS RECEIVED ENOUGH COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE THREE MOTELS ALONG THE WEST BELTWAY TO WARRANT SEVERAL UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATIONS AND STINGS. WE'RE TOLD A NUMBER OF ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR VARIOUS CHARGES, INCLUDING ONE RAPE, TWO ROBBERIES, TWO ASSAULTS, AND DRUGS. OUR CONCERN IS THAT THEY JUST KEEP GOING UP BLINDLY. AND THERE IS NO MONITORING OF THE HOTELS. IT LEFT RESIDENTS ON EDGE BUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN DEALING WITH OTHER CRIMES, TOO, LIKE MAIL THEFT AND VEHICLE BREAK-IN. NO ONE CAN SAY FOR SURE WHO IS RESPONSIBLE, BUT CHERRY SAYS ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. WE'RE GOOD FOR THE HOTELS AND THE PEOPLE STAYING IN THOSE HOTELS BECAUSE, THEY WANT WHAT WE HAVE. IN ADDITION TO POLICE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD RELIES HEAVILY ON A PRIVATE SECURITY COMPANY TO KEEP AN EYE ON WHO IS COMING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IN SOUTHWEST HOUSTON, ANDY, KPRC LOCAL 2. IN THIS REGARD, POLICE TELL US THEY HAVE GOTTEN CLOSE TO 60 CALLS FOR SERVICE TO THOSE THREE MOTELS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF

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A 77-year-old man living in the Glenshire community of southwest Houston was the victim of an aggravated robbery home invasion, according to Houston police.

The victim was standing in his driveway when the suspect approached him. He managed to get away and run inside the house and slammed the door. The suspect chased after him and tried to break in the home. Houston police arrested Joshua Trahan.

Residents say what happened to their elderly neighbor is the symptom of a much larger problem. Glenshire's HOA Community relations director tells Local 2 that Trahan had been staying at a motel on the fringe of the neighborhood where she says rooms are rented by the hour.

"They're dubbed 'hot sheet motels.' He had admitted to HPD that he had been there, lived there and that he walked into the subdivision," said Sheri Cortez.

Houston City Council Member Larry Green's office tells Local 2 HPD has received enough complaints about the three motels along the West Beltway near West Bellfort to warrant several undercover investigations and stings. A number of arrests have been made for various charges including one rape, two robberies, two assaults and drugs.

"Our concern is that they keep going up blindly and there is no monitoring of these motels." Cortez said.

The robbery left residents on edge but the neighborhood has been dealing with other crimes like mail theft and vehicle break-ins. No one can say for sure who's responsible, but Cortez says enough is enough.

"We are good for the hotels. We are good for the people that are staying there because they want what we have," Cortez said.

Police tell us they've received close to 60 calls for service to those three motels since the beginning of the year, but not every call led to an arrest or to someone being charged with a crime.

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